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SMB installation seems OK. Ports 137 – 139 and 445 forwarded.

On the same Ubuntu computer:

smb://192.168.0.XYZ/sambashare
opens a panel for username and password
but entering credentials...

Which is the simplest way to share files between Ubuntu, Windows and Android phone, please?

Any detailed instructions would naturally be helpful but mostly I would like to know that I start...

That was simple. I am just a little rusty :oops:
Like you say the userid/groupid are the same. The old files already came up under my new username/groupname in "ls -l"
I left them like this for the...

[ Just forget this post please. ]

I see, maybe good to have a fresh start sometimes?


I probably must have changed the UEFI settings to put Ubuntu first. It was a while ago and I don't remember. I just remember GRUB setup file....

I am still reading up a little but I will probably set the boot device to sda during install. It will likely be overridden. If it asks to rewrite anything related to boot, I will negate it.
Thanks,...

boot-info that worked from the live USB (but not from the hard disk):
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/JpCVKfg8yh/

Impressive info roundup. Please help me interpret.

The first question is: What...

Data will be backed up. In the old days sometimes some people said "as long as you don't format the wrong partition we can revive your system". But I am not sure it is correct.

I run dual boot 16.04, will install 20.04 and keep the home partition.
boot-info will install on disc 16.04 but will not find command when I type boot-info or boot-repair
use HP pavillion x360
...

Thank you. I come back tomorrow with what info I can gather.
Cheers

(like you say, the boot-info doesnt come up when I "search my computer" even though it installed OK. I will try live CD)

The Boot Repair ISO I put on a USB will not boot. I don't know why.
Same Rufus that produced the Live CD that booted!

The one I boot from is the first:

http://imgur.com/a/fhqhEOr


Gparted:...

Thank you. it was a while ago I set this up. This is how I boot it now

http://imgur.com/a/QoqUJdT

ought to be sda1?

lets see if I can download a repair usb and only run the bootinfo

Your...

Thanks for your assistance. I got stuck a little on other issues and will come back later with Bootinfo summary
Cheers

Thank you. I got a bit further. I believe this is correct partitions. But where should bootloader be?

http://imgur.com/a/6fzSkd2

Hi,

I have an old 16.04 running dual boot. I wish to keep dualboot and home partition and only install 20.04. I dont understand how to allocate partitions

sda4 should be swap, like before,...

If someone else finds this thread, I just report my findings. Two ways of trying to solve the problem are:

1. One reason the phone does not connect to a wifi router that is not connected to the...

I don't have direct access to a computer right now.
Therefore the topic of this question is if this wireless extender can be set up from my phone or connecting it to a computer via a cable from a...

Thank you. I read p. 12 and following of the document. But I can not see that it addresses the two questions I ask.
Can someone please reply to the two questions of the topic as described in my last...

I do not want cable output, I just describe the thing I am working with.

Right now I have to connect it either via another router or straight through wireless.

Can someone please reply to the...

Hello,

A friend asked me to set up his "wireless extender". It looks like a router but has no cable output, only Internet input.

Tp Link TL WA 730 RE

I can not input Internet to it now. I...

I have discussed this with different people and got advice.
The problem seems to be that my ssl-certificate is not signed by an official part, some websites therefore refuse connecting to it over...

Hello,
I just installed Dovecot. It works for plaintext autorization, port 110. It has connected with Telnet, Thunderbird and an on-line pop3 client.
Telnet:

+OK Dovecot ready.
user nnnnn
-ERR...

You are right about that Darko. It was the first user created.
The system was not set up by me, I will check further with the guy who did it. Right now he used aliases to forward all root mail to me...

Hello,

I am changing the config for exim4 from local mail to also send/receive from remote domains.

One user told me that local mail for root gets delivered to one user instead. (I think they...

Thanks for your time.
I just know that I had to create a "subdomain" in the registrar's "DNS-editor".
It still doesn't work, though. Incoming and outgoing mail just "disappears" without any trace...